Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | National Woman's Party records, 1850-1975 |
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Span Dates | 1850-1975 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1913-1972) |
ID No. | MSS34355 |
Creator | National Woman's Party |
Extent | 200,000 items ; 491 containers plus 3 oversize ; 197.2 linear feet ; 97 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | National organization in the women's rights movement, founded 1916-1917 by Alice Paul (chairman). The records include correspondence, administrative files, minutes of meetings, reports, financial and legal records, personal papers, printed material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items, including the records of the World Woman's Party (1938-1958), documenting efforts by the party to promote congressional passage of the federal woman suffrage amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003077 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82034355 |